Improvement in reed-organs



R. BURDETT.

Reed-Organs.

N0. 146,870, Patented 1an. 27, 1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT DFFIGE.

RILEY BURDETT, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA..

IMPROVEMENT IN REED-ORGANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,870, dated January 27,1874; application filed December 18, 1873.

To alt whom yit may concern:

Be it known that l', RILEY BURDETT, of Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in lteed-Organs, of which. the following is a specitica-tion:

rlhis device is illustrated in the accompanying` drawings as follows:

Figure l is a front view thereof. a transverse sectional view thereof.

The object ot my invention is the production ot' a simple, facile, certain. organ action.

A shows the reed-socket board employed by me. I3 shows the ordinary bellows-receiver. (l shows the ordinary bellows-exhauster. l) shows the organ-key I employ. E shows the valve I employ. I? shows the ordinary foundation-board. The socket-board A, used by ine in this invention, is a piece of material large enough to receive the reeds, which may be in one or more sets. This socket-board enters the throat of the bellows-receiver B directly from the surface of the foundation-board F, or tlush therewith, without the mediation of awind-chest, and is placed at the back otl the organ-key D, instead of under it, as socketboards are generally located. The upper edge ot' this socket-board is also langcd, so as to securely attach it to the bellows. The key l) Fig. 2 is is ina-de longer than an ordinary organ-key, and balanced so as to furnish a very delicate touch. It is weighted so as to receive its proper poise, and to facilitate rapid use.

it is attached, by means of a felt or other ilexible connection, serving` to operate both as a cushion and ahinge, the valve E, which rests on the reed-cell, the suction of air in which aids to secure its perfect adjustment thereto; the valve being thus placed, instead of under the reedcell, as is ordinarily the case, aids rather than resists the key action.

In an organ action thus constructed, I dispense with the ordinary socket-board, windchest, ordinary valves, springs, valve-pins, and tracker-pins, and furnish one that is so compact and direct as to be far more certain and speedy in its operation than those constructed in accordance with the ordinary methods. Besides, I, in it, lower the key-board so as to bring it within the easy reach of a child, without sacrificing` any ot' the dimensions of the bellows.

I claiml. The socket-board A, in combination with the bellows-receiver l, substantially as set forth.

2. rlhe key l), provided with the cushionhinged valve E, substantially as set forth.

8. The key D and cushion-hinged valve E, or their equivalents, in combination with thc socket-board A and lwllows-receiver B, as set forth.

'R 'BUR-T) ETT.

VWitnesses:

CHAs. C. Convnnsn, J'. F. VVALTHER. 

